Memoria Press is a family run Classical Christian Education since 1994. They have
a full spectrum of subjects from Preschool to High School available.

Memoria Press has combined H.A. Gueber's The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & The Great Republic Set into one volume for a year of American History. 200 Questions About American History Set is a recommended companion to go along with this American History curriculum.

The
Story of the Thirteen Colonies & the Great Republic Set comes with three
books:

The Story of the Thirteen Colonies and the
Great RepublicBookThe Story of the Thirteen Colonies and the
Great RepublicStudent GuideThe Story of the Thirteen Colonies and the
Great RepublicTeacher Guide

TheStory of the Thirteen Colonies and the
Great RepublicBook:

This is the core of the lessons in a softbound reader with
211 pages. None of the lessons are very long anywhere from 2-3 pages. There are
a few black and white illustrations within the pages of the book.

The Story of the Thirteen Colonies and the
Great RepublicStudent Guide:

This is a softbound textbook with 104 pages and 32 lessons.
All of the lessons are on 2 pages.Each
one of the lessons follow the same format. This is a consumable workbook and you will need one for each student.

I.Facts to Know- this will give you an overview of
some of the information you will be learning about in the lesson.

II.Vocabulary words that you fill in the definition
of the words,

III.Comprehension Questions on the lesson that you
will answer questions on the text.

IV.Enrichment which will cover a variety of topics
from maps, timeline, research, composition, primary source, recitation, poems,
and charts.

The
lessons:

1.Our Country, Northmen, &
Prince Henry2.Columbus, Land! Land!, & Home
Again3.How America Got its Name, The
Fountain of Youth, & French and Spanish Quarrels4.Around the World & Sir
Raleigh5.The Jamestown Men & The House
of Burgesses6.Henry Hudson, The Mayflower,
& Plymouth Rock7.The Beginning of Boston, Roger
Williams, & King Philip’s War8.New York, William Penn, &
Bacon’s Rebellion9.Carolina and Georgia, Down the
Mississippi, & Washington’s First Battle10.Stories of Franklin, Braddock’s
Defeat, & Wolfe at Quebec11.How England Treated Her Colonies
& The Anger of the Colonies12.The Battle o Lexington, Bunker
Hill, & The British Leave Boston13.Declaration of Independence &
Christmas of 177614.The Fight at Bennington,
Burgoyne’s Surrender, & The Winter at Valley Forge15.Famous Sea Fights, The “Swamp
Fox,” & A Traitor’s Death16.The Surrender of Cornwallis &
Franklin’s Return17.Troubles After the War & The
Constitution18.The First President, Washington’s
Troubles, & A Wonderful Invention19.Death of Washington, The
Louisiana Purchase, & The First Steamboat20.James Madison, The War of 1812, & “Don’t
Give Up the Ship”21.The Star-Spangled Banner, The
Erie Canal, & More Land Bought22.Andrew Jackson, New Inventions,
& Whitman’s Ride23.The First Telegraph, The Mexican
War, & The Slavery Quarrel24.The Rush to California & The
Underground Railroad25.Harriet Beecher Stowe & John
Brown’s Raid26.Lincoln’s Youth, The First Shot,
& The Call to Arms27.The President’s Decision, The
Monitor and the Merrimac, & The Peninsular Campaign28.The Emancipation Proclamation
& The Battle of Gettysburg29.The Taking of Vicksburg, The
March to the Sea, & Lee’s Surrender30.The Assassination of Lincoln
& Hard Times in the South31.The Atlantic Cable & Our
Nation’s One Hundredth Birthday32.Gold for Greenbacks, The Great
Statue, & The Great Statue, & The Spanish-American War

There
is a detailed Appendix that includes maps, charts, famous historical poems,
along with several documents like the Mayflower Compact, letters, Declaration
of Independence, United States Constitution with all the amendments,
Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, and Daniel Webster’s Senate
Speech from 1830.

The Story of the Thirteen Colonies and the Great
RepublicTeacher Guide:

This
is a softbound book with 127 pages. All the answers are provided for all 32
lessons. The book is laid out just like the Student Guide. The Appendix has the
same information that is in the Student Guide. In the back of the book there
are 4 tests that you copy for your student along with a Test Answer Keys for
all 4 of the test.

200
Questions About American History Set:

This
set comes with:

200
Questions About American History Student Guide

200
Questions About American History Teacher Guide

200
Questions About American History Flashcards

The
Teacher and Student Guide are both softbound books. They are basically the same
except the Teacher Guide has the answers for the questions. The Teacher Guide
also has 7 tests for you to copy and administer with the workbook and the
answer key at the back of the book. Remember that the Student Guide is a consumable workbook and you need one book for each student.

There
is a suggested weekly schedule with reading the The
Story of the Thirteen Colonies and the Great RepublicBook along with drill
questions, timelines, quotes, and presidents.

The
flashcards are a heavy duty cardstock and are divided into 4 sections.

150
Drill questions cover a variety of topics in history from people, branches of government,
and all the way up to the fall of the Berlin Wall. This covers a large spectrum
of American History. It’s very impressive.

30
Timeline Dates: from when Columbus discovered America to the Vietnam War.

20
Notable Quotes: and you need to figure out who said what.

44
U.S. Presidents cards: from George Washington all the way to Barak Obama. The front
of the card has a number on it along with a significant event or fact that
happened during their presidency. One of the challenges is putting the
presidents in order.

How
Did I Use This in My Homeschool?

I
decided to follow the weekly recommended schedule. However, with our busy
schedule a lesson took use a little over a week to do
both sets.We had 2 weeks that weren't busy and we easily were able to follow the schedule in the time allotted with the suggested schedule. It was a good pace for use working through it all in both situations.

They recommend that the student read The Story of the Thirteen Colonies and the
Great RepublicBook themselves. For the purpose of this review I read it to him or he read it out loud to me. Which he will take over the reading himself when the review is over. My 14 year old daughter with learning disabilities enjoyed listening to the lesson's. She wants her brother to read the lessons to her as he continues his lessons.

Little
Man (11) liked the flashcards. He wanted to work on remembering the order of the Presidents even before it was scheduled. He also liked that the reader for the guides wasn’t too
long. He felt that he could retain the material to his memory easier.

He doesn’t care for writing a whole lot. Overall, the writing portions of theassignments aren’t very long. Usually, we would spend around
30 minutes a day and pick up where we left off the next day.

The
sets go together nicely. I like that the drills are included in it. I’m kind of
horrible drilling and with the set up of the schedule I found that it kept me
on track with drilling.

Overall, I am pleased with this and think it makes for a wonderful way to teach American history in your homeschool.

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